Statatics from Election Results

[Bill (Smithville NJ)]

(11-06-2015 09:03 PM)walter b Wrote:  First of all, one should talk about 14 108 votes, not voters. But the newspaper - if quoted correctly - did this properly.

Second, "meaningful statistics" strongly depend on local election rules. If the candidates were on party lists, I know many countries where such a voting would result in two Reps and one Dem being elected in the council. This might better represent what the voters wanted. If, however, it's a strictly personal election, well, then the three guys gaining the most individual votes take the council. Such is life.

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Hi Walter,

Unfortunately, the newspaper article below the table did refer to "14,108 Voters" which is what got me looking at the actual data in the table. It's very common here for the papers to throw around numbers without really understanding what they are actually saying.

And you are right, we could end up with two from one party and one from another in a three person council. And from the variation in the table, some voters did choose to split their vote among the two parties.

Bill
Smithville, NJ